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Barb DiGiulio joins Jerry at the party table on today’s Party for Two, to talk about the top stories of the day. Then Jerry talks about the procurement challenges with Canada’s defence strategy with Jeremy Wang, President and COO of Ribbit. It’s Thursday, which means Tom Korski is here for this week’s Blacklocks Report. Plus Jerry talks about how Ottawa is not making a real effort to cut the federal bureaucracy.

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Jerry parties with Jason Agnew, host of Sunday Morning Trivia, on today's Party for Two as they dig into the top stories of the day. Then, would you subscribe to your morning coffee? Brad Poulos from TMU joins to talk about subscription-based businesses. Tom Korski from Blacklocks stops by for this week’s Blacklocks Report, to break down the biggest stories out of Ottawa — including why housing starts are expected to fall this year. Plus - Ontario is lifting its post‑secondary tuition freeze while boosting funding, and what that means for students and schools across the province.

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Jim Richards sits down today at the party table, Toronto Chief of Police Myron Demkiw and TPA President Clayton Campbell join Jerry to respond to yesterday's shocking news and answer questions from Jerry. Tom Korski joins today for a make-up edition of the Blacklocks Report, and Bob Reid is back for his weekly touchdowns and fumbles segment at 11:50.

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Evan checks in with Tom Korski, managing editor for Blacklock's Reporter, to chat about the biggest political stories making headlines so far in 2026 and what developments he's keeping an eye on.

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Jerry and Vass Bednar are at the party table for today’s Party for Two to talk about the top stories of the day. What are the everyday expenses some people might not know you can negotiate? Tom Korski from Blacklocks.ca joins to talk about the latest government stories out of Ottawa on this week’s edition of the Blacklock’s Report. Then Toronto Star education reporter Kristin Rushowy breaks down the province’s move to put the Peel public school board under supervision.

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Barb DiGiulio sits down at the party for two table with Jerry Agar, Mark Mendelson expands on an article about an ex toronto cop charged in an extortion investigation into gambling ring, Tom Korski is back with his weekly Blacklocks Report, and Tim Hudak discusses the resignation of Bonnie Crombie

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Karen Stintz joins Jerry at the party table for today's Party for Two. Jerry and Brian Lilley discuss the unveiling of the 2026 Toronto budget today. The Blacklock's Report with Tom Korski! A vide captured the lack of legroom in some WestJet Flights, Jerry gets your thoughts.

Freeland says she'll step down from her position advising Canada on Ukraine but stays on as MP while advising Zelensky. Not only is this unheard of, it breaks several rules. Including a 5 yr cooling off period Cabinet Min must take Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest host Justin Blackwell revisits Evan's earlier conversation with Tom Korski, managing editor of Blacklock's Reporter. A new children's book by a Saskatchewan author is looking to keep both kids and their parents reading to them entertained. Aaron Wignes, Saskatchewan author of The Sleepover, joins guest host Justin Blackwell to discuss this project, why he put pen to paper and why parents will love it just as much as their children at bedtime.

Mark Towhey chats with Tom Korski, Managing editor of Blacklock's Reporter, as he spills the tea on Parliament Hill. And Mark asks you if you are already thinking ahead to the 2026 municipal elections.

Cabinet advisor Amira Elghawaby secretly paid $80,000 for pro-Palestine research to counter alleged “disinformation” by MPs; Blacklocks reporter Tom Korski joins Alex Pierson on this topic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Attorney General Sean Fraser says he will spend the winter consulting faith leaders on a proposal to prohibit hate speech Tom Korski, Blacklocks reporter joins Alex Pierson on this discussion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Department of Health confirmed it charged taxpayers an undisclosed sum for crack pipes and other drug paraphernalia under its “safe supply” program. Managers had flatly denied it under questioning October 2 by Conservative MP Dan Mazier Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson is joined by Blacklocks reporter Tom Korski as they discuss the safety of Jews in Canada, Governor General Mary Simon's office and many other topics on this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brad Smith Chats with Tom Korski Blacklock's reporter. about Carney's promises about housing and Melanie Joly's failure as minister of Industry to read the Stellantis contract. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brad Smith discusses hazing in Canadian sports and land acknowledgement issues in Canada with Blacklocks reporter Tom Korski Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Blacklock's Reporter's Tom Korski joins Alex Pierson to discuss Carney's Conflict of interest with Brookfield, the end of medical exam requirement for immigrants and why Ontario government hired $1 million-a month American trade lawyers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Blacklocks reporter Tom Korski joins Alex Pierson to talk about the 2025 Liberal budget Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Blacklock's Reporter's Tom Korski joins Alex Pierson to discuss permanent residency for foreigners, a climate program that became a "tick box exercise" and costed billions, and surveillance cameras being installed in the department of employment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this conversation with Blacklock's Reporter managing editor Tom Korski, Alex Pierson digs into the growing list of ethical and governance crises facing Ottawa. Korski breaks down the Commons vote ordering hearings into Prime Minister Mark Carney's extensive stock holdings — a portfolio spanning hundreds of companies, including Brookfield's Westinghouse subsidiary, which has received federal funding. The discussion questions whether Canada's top office can truly separate public duty from private interest. They then turn to a surge in federal whistleblower complaints, as the Integrity Commissioner warns Parliament that her office is overwhelmed with serious allegations of corruption, nepotism, and misuse of funds — calling it evidence of a “petty, and sometimes not-so-petty” corruption problem in Ottawa. Finally, the pair debate the proposed federal ban on public displays of the swastika, which the Canadian Civil Liberties Association calls government overreach. Korski argues that while consistency matters, Ottawa's selective outrage reveals deep contradictions in how Charter rights are defended. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Blacklock's Reporter's Tom Korski joins Alex Pierson to unpack the federal government's latest display of dysfunction—from 30,000 deportees with no known address to the Canada Border Services Agency losing track of its own firearms. Korski points to a culture of complacency and political distraction, where senior bureaucrats face no consequences and cabinet ministers seem more interested in photo ops than public administration. The two also discuss the troubling proposal to single out Israeli visitors for “war crime” screening and why chronic mismanagement across agencies like CRA and CBSA exposes how broken Ottawa's systems have become. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson sits down with Blacklock's Reporter managing editor Tom Korski for a sharp look behind the headlines — from the $15-billion Stellantis subsidy deal now facing public scrutiny, to CBC Gem's questionable “millions of subscribers,” and Ottawa's ever-slipping housing targets. Korski dissects what's really hidden in the fine print of Canada's auto bailouts, calls out the lack of accountability at the public broadcaster, and warns how failed housing policy is eroding the Canadian dream of home ownership. A candid, fact-packed conversation on what happens when taxpayers foot the bill for government spin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex speaks with Tom Korski, Managing Editor at Blacklock's Reporter, about the controversy surrounding Amirah Elghawaby, Canada's Special Representative on Combating Islamophobia. The pair dissect newly revealed records showing her correspondence with government officials, advocacy inside federal workplaces, and her public stance on Palestinian and Muslim issues. They also tackle the broader question of accountability in Ottawa — including Liberal MP Yvan Baker's proposal to make dishonesty by public office holders an offence. A sharp, candid conversation about access, influence, and truth in Canadian politics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Tom Korski from Blacklock's Reporter joins Alex Pierson for a no-nonsense look at how billion-dollar programs unravel behind closed doors. From Ottawa's failing EV charging strategy to a Liberal senator suggesting Canadians who overpaid for homes should just go bankrupt, it's a revealing conversation about accountability, spin, and where taxpayer money really ends up. Plus: Sports betting ads under fire, Canada's worst-in-G7 emissions record, and how old political ties still open new doors—with paycheques to match. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Tom Korski. Managing Editor at Blacklock's Reporter. What to expect on Carney's visit to the White House and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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In this episode, Alex and Tom Korski dig into a week full of eyebrow-raising stories: Billions in federal spending on diversity, equity and inclusion programs, including unusual grants. Nine criminal investigations into federal fraud and questionable pandemic contracts. The Commons Ethics Committee moves to close the “Carney loophole” on blind trusts and tighten conflict-of-interest laws. A CBC reporter suspended after anti-Semitic remarks spark national outrage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chrystia Freeland is out, but why? Plus secret leaked e-mails and a vaccine audit. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Guest: Tom Korski, Managing Editor at Blacklock's Reporter https://www.blacklocks.ca/ Alex is joined by Tom Korski to break down the top political and policy stories making headlines: Austerity Budget Ahead? Prime Minister Mark Carney says he will table an “austerity budget” this fall, as the federal deficit runs 55 percent higher than projected. What are the implications for Canadians and government spending? Foreign Labour Under Fire: With unemployment among Canadian students at a 15-year high, Conservative MPs are calling for an end to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program. Meanwhile, the Immigration Department defends it as a way to “attract talent.” Marijuana Road Testing Lags: A Public Safety report shows that devices used to detect marijuana-impaired drivers are so unreliable that some police forces are waiting for better technology. What does this mean for roadside safety and enforcement? Academic Freedom and Global Conflict: A B.C. Supreme Court decision rules that university faculties can pass resolutions on international issues, such as the war in Gaza. The ruling comes after Simon Fraser University faculty members challenged anti-Israel motions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklock's Reporter (⁠blacklocks.ca⁠⁠), joins Alex Pierson to discuss: 1. A cabinet appointee named to oversee “nation-building projects” was cited for failing in her duties in a 2023 Federal Court case, records show. Dawn Farrell, named Friday as CEO of the Major Projects Office, was taken to Court by federal Access To Informationlawyers.https://www.blacklocks.ca/ceo-failed-in-legal-duties/. 2. Taxpayers are owed updated figures from Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne on the cost of subsidies for electric auto battery factories, says the Budget Office. Champagne had defended billions in subsidies as a “game changer for the nation” prior to industry slowdowns.https://www.blacklocks.ca/want-update-on-ev-subsidy/. 3. Cabinet to date is 89 percent shy of its target to plant two billion trees, figures show. The program announced by then-Environment Minister Catherine McKenna in 2019 has cost $267.7 million so far.“To date over 228 million trees have been planted representing important progress,”https://www.blacklocks.ca/2b-trees-programs-89-short. 4. Federal payroll costs total a record $71.1 billion annually and are headed for more than $76 billion based on current trends, the Budget Officehttps://www.blacklocks.ca/govt-payroll-tops-71-billion/. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklock's Reporter (blacklocks.ca⁠), joins Alex Pierson to discuss: The “blackface” firing overturned: A labour board has overturned the 2021 dismissal of a Toronto schoolteacher who wore a Halloween costume that unintentionally resembled blackface. The arbitrator ruled the appearance was inadvertent, citing a question the teacher was asked: whether he was aware of Justin Trudeau's own blackface controversy. Unproven organ‑donor strike threat: Labour Minister Patty Hajdu's claim that a legal strike by 10,000 Air Canada flight attendants jeopardized deliveries of life-saving medications and organ tissue could not be substantiated—raising concerns she may have fabricated the scenario to justify strike restrictions. blacklocks.ca “Sexy drag” at Pride Week: A provocative scheduling choice for public service Pride week—featuring a “sexy drag rock star” at a workday bingo event—raises questions about appropriateness and cost, given that the internal notice did not disclose expenses. Widening tax auditors' powers: Proposed amendments to the Income Tax Act would empower Canada Revenue Agency auditors with new tools—allowing them to impose daily $50 fines and to compel oaths under threat of perjury—to enhance audit “efficiency and effectiveness.” Parks Canada corrects PM record: Parks Canada rushed to designate former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney as a national historic person, after it emerged that his Liberal predecessors had been honored much more promptly. The delay of 25 years—revealed by the Historic Sites and Monuments Board—prompted the belated correction. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tom Korski  Managing editor Blacklock's Reporter joins Alex Pierson to discuss: https://www.blacklocks.ca/warns-of-religious-violence/ https://www.blacklocks.ca/up-to-35-predict-recession/ https://www.blacklocks.ca/pulled-third-of-desk-phones/ https://www.blacklocks.ca/warning-on-green-fuel-regs/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tom Korski  Managing editor Blacklock's Reporter joins Alex Pierson to discuss: Canadian Postal Workers shot down the Canada Post's latest proposal, offering  hikes of about 13 per cent over four years and restructuring to add part-time workers to the deal. 68.5% of members voted against the deal. 30% Wanted a deal.   https://www.blacklocks.ca/were-watching-says-hajdu/   The Commons transport committee  has summoned all confidential records detailing $1.1 billion in federal financing to buy Chinese-made vessels for B C Ferry Services Inc. “We can stop this loan,” https://www.blacklocks.ca/mps-demand-china-contract/   A lawyer at the Department of Finance  is the first federal employee to withdraw tweets under a new Treasury Board policy prohibiting vulgar and partisan social media posts. He tweeted 9 to 10 times in a typical workday including messages ridiculing Conservatives and profane posts like one that boasted: “The nice thing about being in government is being able to introduce laws that allow you to f—k up without people being able to sue you for it. https://www.blacklocks.ca/twitter-code-hits-first-staffer/   The federal prison system now has more employees than inmates, according to Correctional Service figures. It follows a finding by the Correctional Investigator that Canada has one of the costliest prison systems in the world. The “more than 20,000 employees” outnumber 14,837 inmates in 43 federal penitentiaries, figures showed. https://www.blacklocks.ca/staffers-outnumber-inmates/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tom Korski  Managing editor Blacklock's Reporter joins Alex Pierson to discuss: Prime Minister Mark Carney yesterday made diplomatic history with Parliament in summer recess by announcing recognition of Palestine as a country.  https://www.blacklocks.ca/house-opposed-pm-decision/ The Department of Transport has sealed all records regarding Confederation Bridge tolls until November 2026. Prime Minister Mark Carney yesterday had no comment on costs of ongoing subsidies to the Bridge operator whose investors included then-Transport Minister Anita Anand's husband.   Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem yesterday repeated assurances there will be no recession this year though the economy shrank in June. Macklem acknowledged an “unusual degree of uncertainty” in months ahead. https://www.blacklocks.ca/no-recession-here-macklem-2/     Federal employees who post partisan, self-serving or vulgar comments on social media even by anonymous personal accounts should expect scrutiny and criticism, says a new Treasury Board directive. The policy, the strongest yet, warned provocative posts on Twitter, Instagram and other social media undermined public trust in the Government of Canada. https://www.blacklocks.ca/staff-warned-on-twitter-talk/ The Canada Revenue Agency is so reliant on consultants an internal audit warns that managers developed “an employer-employee relationship” with contractors. The Revenue Agency spent millions on private advisors last year though it has more than 55,000 employees. https://www.blacklocks.ca/consultants-part-of-the-team/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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